On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 8:30:43 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/14/18 8:48 PM, Bill wrote:

On 2/14/18 6:13 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

The hatred and division of adults are obviously affecting the
younger people.Â* Horrible event in Florida.

Maybe is proof mental health professionals suck.


I think the problems we have here in the USA is cultural and is
multi-faceted. They include:

Dependence on social media for interaction with others. Social media
removes real human interaction and creates an artificial world with
little emotional feedback. Hell, the expression of normal body language
has been replaced by "emoticons".

Too many or too strict privacy laws. HIPAA laws should be revised to
allow medical and mental health professionals to alert law enforcement
of suspected threats by those with aggressive tendencies or who
represent a danger to to society.

Parental responsibility for teaching and disciplining of kids has
increasingly been shifted to their teachers and schools. Schools are
for academic learning, not for raising kids. Now-a-days parents don't
always support the school systems or rules. They sue them if they
think little Johnny has been mistreated.

Far too much of an "entitlement" philosophy today. A feeling of
unfulfilled entitlement leads to frustration, and confusion. We need
to re-enforce the concept of self responsibility and accountability.
Need to reign in some of the liberal preaching in schools.

Too easy to acquire assault type rifles. Most states have a legal age
for "long guns" of 18 years but 21 years for handguns. Most of these
mass shootings are done with assault type rifles.

But, of course, the immediate reaction by the DC crowd focuses only on
gun control.

There has been a paradigm shift in parenting in this country in the last few decades, foisted on us by child psychologists and the well meaning but misguided left. We can't urge our children to win, we have to nurture them and give them participation trophies. No spanking, just talk to them like you're their friend. No keeping score, and no red ink on school papers. Can't make that child feel bad, why, they are entitled to have it all!

Well guess what. Your job as a parent is NOT to be your child's friend. It is to teach them how to be a well-adjusted kid and adult. If you and society have shielded them all their lives, when the real world smacks them in the face they may just snap.